Native to 139 botanical countries across Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Australasia, Pacific, Northern America, and Southern America; introduced into Egypt, Libya, Pennsylvania (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 2 countries.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

Rincon, A 2476

May 25, 2001

Location

Mexico, Veracruz

18.541111, -95.196389

Location Remarks

Volcan San Martin, lower and upper western slopes.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Stevens, W. D 27196

June 9, 2008

Location

Nicaragua, Chinandega

12.3275, -86.974444

Location Remarks

Isla Juan Venado, Las Peñitas; sandy beach with mangroves behind

Collectors

W. Douglas Stevens, Olga Martha Montiel, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Notes

Forming large colonies just back from beach, in sand, succulent, ascending, calyx green, corolla pale orchid

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Caryophyllales

Family

Aizoaceae

Genus

Sesuvium

Specific Epithet

portulacastrum

Authorship

(L.) L.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 7.0

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.3

Global rank

#163,144 of 335,497

Top 49%

Extinction probability

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →